Tribe Autism Support Ards & North Down

Public benefits

• Improve quality of life for autistic children, young adults and their families • Increased Social Inclusion: By creating a supportive environment, individuals with autism can engage in social interactions, reducing isolation. • Improve access to youth services • Improving well-being and building confidence • Tailored activities designed

specifically for autistic individuals considering sensory and environmental issues • Self-Advocacy & Empowerment: Autism-focused programs can help individuals build the skills they need to advocate for themselves, gaining independence in various areas of life. • Providing emotional and practical support for the whole family - Promoting autism understanding and acceptance • Increasing community impact by working closely with local businesses and communities, promoting autism understanding and acceptance The benefits can be seen by members attendance at a wide variety of our groups, combating social isolation. Benefits also ca n be shown through the annual report and feedback/surveys from our members attending groups and activities. Feedback will be done regularly to ensure we are constantly ensuring the groups stay relevant and continue to benefit all our members Local businesses and communities are embracing our autism friendly ethos by implementing autism hours and greater awareness and training to their staff. There is no harm that the trustees have identified to date. Tribe Autism Support has mitigations in place such as risk assessments for every activity, access NI checks, insurance and ongoing training for all volunteers. Autistic children, young adults and their family along with the wider community Private benefits can arise that are unavoidable, these can be private training and development of transferrable skills for trustees.

What your organisation does

Tribe Autism Support provides a wide range of activities in the evenings and weekends It provides social evenings for parents It provides activities not normally accessible by families such as private hire of the cinema and local amenties etc The groups combats social isolation by providing a safe and inclusive environment for all our members